Brain is Conscious.

Brain is matter. Consciousness is non-matter. But non-matter knows what is

happening in matter. How does it know?

What is the connection between the two?

Let me give an example. You are all familiar with music. When two frequencies are nearly equal, we hear
them and also their difference as a beat frequency. Notes with frequencies 1000 and 1050 create a new
wave of frequency 50, the difference. The wave shows up as a peak, then again as a peak, with nothing
in between, and so on, 50 times a second. All these uncountable number of peaks going in all of space
and time refer to the same wave. It can also be thought of as the same particle existing at all these
places and times simultaneously. But the peaks cannot be observed separately unless you spread out to
infinity, which means you become pure awareness without boundaries.

The nature of consciousness is to observe. Once a conscious subject observes a peak, the observed peak
becomes a particle, killing all other peaks. Therefore, to observe means to change. Also, particles are
creations and killings of mind. This is the basis of new physics. This is the world view that is accepted by
all scientists now. This is how our world is made. This view has really very far reaching consequences. In
a nutshell, it is saying, the world you are in is made by you, or that you, a mere drop contain the ocean,
the world. And there are infinite worlds made by infinite conscious entities.

The new physics says; mind and matter; consciousness and brain are not different; they are one and the
same. So the spiritual consciousness cannot conflict with physical brain, because they are one and the
same. They don’t need a connection, they are already connected. This new world view puts you right in
the center stage as the creator. You have the free will, to change the destiny as you wish. That was not
possible in the older view. It rewrites the concepts of space and time; it says, you are the creator of this
space, time, energy, of the vast universe.

What a vista! Tantrics, Vedantins, Physicists, Life scientists, all can talk the same language now. It has
immense consequences for our concepts of God, virtue and vice, resurrection, punishment, etc. We can
do things differently! A police man can beat the red signal with impunity. The lost free will due to
ignorance is regained by true knowledge.

Tantra considers that the fundamental reality of the universe is consciousness. Before time
and space, at the origin of universe was the Supreme Consciousness. Each human being has
a chunk of the consciousness, which unfolds the essence of each human being, the ultimate
source of happiness and fulfillment.

Human beings have an enormous difficulty in concentrating on the present moment. We are always
thinking of past: what we have done, how we could have done it better, what its consequences will be,
why did not act as we should have. Or we worry about the future: what will we do tomorrow, what
measures we have to take, what dangers are waiting for us at the corner, how to avoid what we don’t
want, and how to attain what we always dreamt of. And so, we begin to wonder if there is something
wrong with us.

Yes, there is. It is called routine. You think there is something wrong because you are unhappy. Others
live for their problems; talk compulsively about them- problems with children, husbands, school, work,
friends.

We don’t stop to think: that I am here, that I am the result of everything that happened and will happen,
but I am here. That if I have done something wrong, I have the power to correct it or at least apologize
for it. If I had done something right, that makes me happier and I feel more connected to the present
moment. Concentrate on the present moment and you will see that a little confidence in life doesn’t hurt
at all- on the contrary, It will allow yourself to experience everything with much more intensity.

The things that are disturbing your life lie in the past and are awaiting your future decisions. They numb
you, pollute you and don’t allow you to understand the present. Working with experience only means
repeating old solutions on new problems. Ego identity is preserved by talking about their problems,
their story.

Knowing you have the freedom in the present to correct past mistakes can be very empowering. It opens
new vistas and new solutions. If you trust life, life will trust you.

Want to learn more about what new understanding of physics has to offer? You are warned that some
technical terms, not too technically presented, are in the following presentation, extracted from a Tantra
Magazine. My eternal thanks go to these great writers. Read on!

ABOUT CONSCIOUSNESS AND

QUANTUM MECHANICS
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"I am not especially clever or especially gifted. I am

only very, very curious."

Albert Einstein

In these articles, we bring to your attention a parallel

between the tantric philosophy and quantum mechanics. The
purpose of this set of articles is to encourage you to
experiment and find the Ultimate Truth in your soul - God's
ultimate consciousness, so proclaimed by both modern
science and Tantrism.
INTRODUCTION
The goal of Tantra, similar to that of modern science, is the study of the natural laws and of
the human being. Tantra has discovered thousands of years ago facts that modern science
is beginning to become aware of only now. The principles of Tantric philosophy are
sustained by the new discoveries in cognitive psychology and physics. Tantra considers that
the fundamental reality of the universe is consciousness. Before time and space, at the
origin of universe was the Supreme Consciousness. Each human being has a divine "spark"
inside of them, which is the consciousness, the essence of each human being, the ultimate
source of happiness and fulfillment. Philosophers discussed for centuries the nature of
consciousness, but Tantrics are intimately acquainted with it through meditation and
introspection. We cannot transpose into words any form of knowledge, therefore nothing
could replace the direct experience of the levels of consciousness during meditation.

SCIENTIFIC VIEW
Quantum mechanics redefines the classical notions
of particle, location, and movement.
 For example - in quantum mechanics, the
position of a particle is not always precisely
determined; generally, the position of a
particle cannot be exactly determined,
instead it is described merely as a series of
possibilities. This probability function
enunciates the fact that the particle is in an
infinite number of positions, simultaneously.
 Another example of thinking in quantum
mechanics - the trajectory of a particle
between two given points, let's say A and B,
does not follow a unique trajectory, but it
follows simultaneously all the possible
trajectories between A and B, according to various coefficients of probability.

 Thus, the movement and place as known in the classical Newtonian physics are
redefined within this system of quantum mechanics. Instead, we have a new type of
paradoxical mechanical process.

Behind the empirical universe we find a mysterious quantum reality, governed by

paradoxical laws.
 Suppose we have an atom of Uranium, and that this atom may emit a neutron. This
process is called radioactivity. Classical physics tell us that at a certain point the
atom either emitted the neutron or it did not emit the neutron.

Quantum physics proves that the states

corresponding both to the emission and to
the non-emission of the neutron are in fact
simultaneous, with certain probability
coefficients. This over positioning of these
states is valid for as long as there is no
measurement taken. When we observe the
state of the atom, the over positioning (the
function of the wave) "collapses" and the
result of the measurement will be one of the
 two possible states.

It sounds impossible and not even Einstein could believe this fact in the beginning, in
fact he tried to prove the opposite for years. However, the overwhelming proof in the
experimental field of quantum physics sustain this interpretation. In other words,
matter is in a quantum state of over positioned states, in which all possible
evolutions are simultaneously manifested in a probabilistic manner.

However, we will not be able to observe this quantum, intrinsic state of the particles
- each time we make an observation, the wave function will collapse and of all the
probabilities, only one will remain, according to the corresponding degrees of
probability.

 The state of quantum over positioning of states is beyond any capacity of direct
observation. We, as human beings, cannot perceive this form of matter. The
quantum universe is not directly perceivable, while the physical world, as we
perceive it is merely a singular "possible" case, a particular case of the quantum
universe.

The title "real world" belongs now to the quantum universe, including here all the
over positions of states and all its mysterious, obscure phenomena - at least to a
person with a common level of understanding.

THE TANTRIC VISION

 On the most profound level of the universe
there is a hidden, mysterious world. The
physical world is merely an illusion of
perception. For thousands of years, in Tantra
there has been the concept of Maya, the cosmic
illusion. According to the Tantras, God created
Maya in order to hide the reality and
fundamental truth of the universe, by leaving to
the eye an incomplete and finite image.
 Many tantric masters asserted that the world is
an illusion; however, this statement was not
meant to discourage any of us in our efforts
towards self-discovery, as they consider that the key to go beyond the illusion of
Maya is Maya itself. The yogis consider that the physical universe (the objective,
exterior universe) is not the only possible reality, but there are many other universes
(for instance the astral universe and the causal universe).

 These universes are subject to laws quite resembling to those governing the
quantum mechanics. Therefore, the assertion that Tantra did not wait for the
discovery of the quantum mechanics in order to sustain valid ideas is correct.

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"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of
all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no
longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are
closed."
 Albert Einstein

CONSCIOUSNESS AND MIND MANIFEST

THEMSELVES AT A QUANTUM LEVEL
There is the possibility that the brain and
consciousness interact at a quantum level.
 Alfred Alokta, the pioneer in the field of
quantum consciousness issued the
hypothesis that the quantum states in the
brain directly influence the activity of the
neurons. The topic of a network of
quantum connections in the brain is quite
established, owing to the phenomena of
quantum association. The American Evan
Walker presented a model of synaptic
tunneling of the brain electrons.
 Thus the brain is defined by two
superimposed systems: a classical system,
governed by classical laws, and a quantum
system, governed by quantum laws. The first system corresponds to the unconscious
cerebral activities, while the second corresponds to the consciousness and to
conscious mental processes.
 Some special states of matter, such as the Bose-
Einstein condensates may in fact be ways of
passage of the mind in and from the physical,
exterior world. It is a proven fact that on a
biological level there are certain special structures
named the Bose-Einstein condensates. These
condensates present interest for our study because
it is the most organized structure in the universe
(before their discovery, this title belonged to the
crystals).

In such a structure, the atoms oscillate together, as

one. The constituent particles are perfectly identical,
up to a point in which they lose their own identity.

Two examples of Bose-Einstein condensates are the

laser wave (in which the photons act as one photon)
and the over-conductiveness phenomenon

(phenomenon occurring in certain materials, at

very low temperatures).

These structures are highly sensitive to quantum

phenomena, and they have the capacity of
transmitting influences from a quantum level to a
cellular level. The quantum state of the particles
is non-material; it does not respect the laws of
classical physics, but it has a paradoxical nature,
more resembling to the mind.

In the quantum state of a particle, it is not the

material aspect that is important, but the
information it carries. The English Physicist
Herbert Froelich (1960) proved the existence of
Bose-Einstein condensates in the cellular walls of
living matter; these may amplify and memorize the information. Inside the neurons, the BE
condensates may influence the release of information, having a tremendously important role
in neuronal intelligence.

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3. The duality wave hints to the duality of

body and mind.
Unlike quantum physics, classical physics
cannot analyze consciousness and emotions.

Descartes considered the mind and body as

totally separated. Newton's classical physics is
based on Descartes thinking, describing the
exterior world as perceived through the
senses.
It is a science of pure objectivity, and its shortcoming is that the consciousness is subjective
through its nature and therefore out of the reach of classical physics.

On the other hand, in modern physics, the concept of matter has changed. The duality wave
indicates that any particle has an immaterial quantum state and this leads to the idea of
body and mind duality. Just like the particle is inseparable from the wave, the mind and
body form a whole.

4. Fundamental particles have a quantum component, immaterial and impossible

to express in the terms of classical physics - the particle has a dual nature, both
mental and material.

The quantum state of a particle is non-material. It does not respect the laws of classical
physics, it has a paradoxical nature, resembling the laws governing the mental area. In the
quantum state of a particle, it is not its material aspect that is most important, but the
information. It is a reduction of the material aspect to pure information.

5. Consciousness is manifested in this

quantum reality, it is intimately connected
with the outer, "material" universe,
without having direct access to it.

Paradoxically, manifesting at the level of the

quantum states of matter, consciousness does
not have direct access to the objective, exterior
and observable world.

Bertrand Russell stated the fact that these

states are always perceived at the quantum,
"immaterial" level of the matter. With each
observation it makes on these states, the
consciousness induces/introduces an alteration.

"Observing means altering" - and thus the

consciousness has a double function, both observing and influencing the objective world.
The sensations are transmitted to the consciousness through the "scanning" of the quantum
states of the neurons in the brain, and at the same time it performs the transmission of the
commands to the brain.

The Englishman Herbert Froelich (1960) proved the existence of Bose-Einstein condensates
in the cellular walls, in living matter; these may
amplify and memorize information. Inside the
neurons, the BE condensates may influence the
release of information, having a tremendously
important role in neuronal intelligence.

6. The mind is not subject to the speed of

light. At a quantum level, knowledge
means touch. When two particles touch
each other, they stay coupled. By acting
upon one, the other is affected. Thus, a
quantum, super-luminic interconnection is
 achieved.

Let us have an experiment: assume that we have a 0-spin particle, which is divided in two
particles, each of ½ spin. In this case, owing to the conservation law of the spin, if one
particle has an upward spin, the other is forced to have a downward spin.

Furthermore, let us assume that we bring these particles to a great distance from one
another. Quantum physics tells us that until we measure these particles, they will be in an
over-position of possible states.

When we measure one of them, the other is forced towards the opposite value - if one has
upwards spin, the other has to have downward spin.

Now follows the paradoxical part: how is it possible that one particle knows what happens to
the other, despite the distance between them? We know that in this "objective" world,
nothing may be transmitted with a speed greater than the speed of light.

Nonetheless, we may see that quantum information traveled instantaneously. This famous
experiment, known as the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen experiment (in short, the EPR
experiment), proves that quantum information is not subject to the speed of light. The two
quantum coupled particles communicate instantaneously to one another, regardless of the
distance between them.

The collapse of the wave function of one particle determined

the collapse of the second one, in accordance with the spin
laws.

Consequently, consciousness perceived at this quantum

level, transcends space and time and is not limited to the
speed of light, as the rest of the phenomena that occur
within the objective reality are.

The world of consciousness is free from the constraints of

the material world. Thought is instantaneous, as it is not
limited by the speed of light.

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The brain is made up of billions of

neurons that act in parallel, but the
mental process allows one conscious
thought at a time. At a quantum level,
however, the neurons are integrated in a
mental quantum field that organizes them
into a unitary whole, as a common
denominator.

The brain is like a money market hall, except

that in this case there are billions of
participants (the neurons) which communicate to each other in a simultaneous manner.
However, we perceive conscious thought as a unitary process.

On the other side, consciousness is unitary and indissoluble; it can only focus on one
thought, emotion or sensation at one time. How could this contradiction between the
function of the brain and that of the consciousness be explained?

The physicist Ian Marshall (1989) issued a theory according to which the quantum states
present in neurons are in phase on the level of the whole brain - a quantum effect due to
consciousness. This quantum connection of the neurons is capable of integrating the billions
of elements in a unitary whole, to impose order and structure in chaos.

The consciousness is not a result of the annexation of a great number of neurons in a

complex network (as the partisans of the "emerging consciousness" sustain). On the
contrary, the consciousness sustains and structures the brain in a coherent manner. The
"magic" of the thought and feeling perceptions through the brain is ultimately due to
consciousness.

The mind creates the brain and not vice versa.

Paradoxically, billions of neurons are

interconnected in the most complex intelligent
structure known to man. How can this miracle
be? How can a single cell produce through
multiplication and interconnections a finite
"product" of such fine complexity - the human
being?

The probability for the human body to take this

particular shape is the same with the
probability for thousands of bricks thrown at
chance to fall on the ground in the shape of a
house.

The English biologist Rupert Sheldrake issued the theory of the so-called "morphogenetic
fields". It starts with the assumption that the mind is an essential reality as compared to the
physical body or the brain.

In the moment of birth, the mind creates a "form field" that moulds the development of the
brain, and even of the whole human body. It is not logical to consider that a pile of bricks
(the human cells) on their own, may organize themselves into an exquisite "palace" (the
human body), and all this by chance. This is highly unlikely.

On the other hand, the existence of form fields, the formative role, and the precedence of
the mind over the body provide a much more plausible explanation. These form fields were
perceived for the first time in the study of the development of the foetus and underlined by
various experiments.

These experiments indicate the fact that on a certain level of the universe, the
morphogenetic information corresponding to each species is transmitted to and from each
member of that particular species, evolving in time.

There is no part of the brain in control with body or mental functioning. If a section of the
brain is removed, its role goes to the rest of the brain. Consequently, the function is not
dependent on neurons, but the neurons are moulded according to the function they have to
play. The neurons are moulded by the consciousness itself.

Some physicists have gone even further with this

assumption, suggesting that consciousness is an
intrinsic phenomenon of the matter, fundamental in
nature.

The American Nick Herbert considered that

consciousness is ever present in nature. In this theory,
the mind is just as fundamental a concept as the
elementary particles.

The quantum properties that justify this presumption are:

 The intrinsic ambiguity - the attributes of the objects are not definite until the
moment of observation.
 Free will - there is a degree of chance and unpredictability in every quantum process.

 Instantaneous connectivity - the interconnection between quantum phenomena does

not depend on the speed of light, it is instantaneous and works regardless of
distance.

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AT A QUANTUM LEVEL, CONSCIOUSNESS
EXPRESSES ITS FREE WILL
Quantum physics has reached this amazing result: in
nature, there is a degree of incertitude involved in each
process.

From Newton and Descartes, most of the scientific

community and almost the whole of Western society
embarked on the hypothesis that the evolution of each
system (including man) is completely determined, step by
step by its previous state.

Thus, the conclusion that one may precisely determine

the future if perfectly acquainted with the past emerged.

In other words, if we were to program a powerful

computer with all the data it requires, we may even
perfectly simulate the evolution of the universe in general
and of the human being in particular.

However, in the end this assumption is a big mistake. Recent discoveries in modern physics
did not validate the concept of "determinism".
 They proved that certain phenomena, connected with the quantum level of reality can not
be predicted. They are the so-called "incalculable's". Each quantum phenomena includes a
degree of freedom.

Each time the wave function collapses, the result has a

chance degree. This may be associated with free will,
which is non-deterministic.

The particle may reach a final state that does not depend
on its past. In other words, a "free choice" is allowed.

Heisenberg's principle explains this degree of freedom.

He proved that nobody could perfectly and accurately
observe a particle. We either know its position precisely,
but not its trajectory, or we know precisely and
accurately its trajectory, but we do not know its position.

This limit in observation induces an intrinsic degree of

incertitude, an imprecision at a theoretical level, a degree
of indetermination in each act of observation.

Modern physics allows the concept of free will even at the

most fundamental level, contrasting to the deterministic
theory of Newton and Descartes, which consider that faith is decided from the start, and in
an inexorable manner.

This change of heart reinstates free will, that is - the possibility of each human being of
influencing one's own faith and not be subject to blind destiny.

This view of free will has always been part of the Tantric philosophy. The
Tantric practitioner accepts the idea of karma, but he also considers that the
evil that has not yet become manifested can and should be removed.

According to the Tantric philosophy, the

degree of spiritual evolution of a human
being is directly proportional with the
degree of freedom that being has. At
the ultimate level, God is defined as
SVATANTRYA - supreme, absolute
freedom, free from any constraint.

The degree of freedom of a certain

person is quite relevant to his/her
spiritual evolution.

For instance, a person who tends to be subject to all kinds of social dogmas,
without thinking them over first, who is ready to take over already "thought"
ideas without filtering them through his/her own mind shows a reduced
 degree of inner freedom.

Spiritual freedom is in tight connection with the concept of free will. Spiritual
freedom is not related to not being imprisoned in a cell, but to being capable
to think for oneself, without any limitations.

Being free from mental and psychic chains is much more important than
exterior freedom.

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 ALL IS ONE, THE ONLY REALITY
1. The one that observes cannot be
separated from the observed phenomena
or from the act itself. The universe is a
holographic whole.

Any action of observing or measuring affects

the system, and consequently we are never
"outside" the system we observe.

Any act of knowledge is made up of three

parts: the subject, the object and the act of
knowing. The act of knowing connects the
subject and the object.

Nowadays people consider that usually the subject and the object are separated and
distinct. Nonetheless, quantum physics indicates that the distinction subject-object becomes
impossible even at a theoretical level.

Consequently, we cannot speak of one or the other, but we can speak of the system made
of the two.

Tantra considers the outer world (objects) and the self (subject) have the same ultimate
nature, acting as an inseparable whole - this is the principle of unity within diversity and
diversity within unity.

There are some theories discussing the holographic nature of the universe - each part
reflects in the others, and all of them form a
unitary whole.

In holography, a three dimensional image of an

object is filmed with a laser. The amazing part
is that any part of the holographic picture may
be used to recreate the whole image.

Each part of the holographic picture contains

the whole image. In the holographic theory of
the universe, the universe is represented by
each component, regardless of the size.

Tantra considers that the human being has inside all that there is in the universe and that
through meditation a person may get to the ultimate knowledge of the whole universe.

This knowledge of the outer universe through interior focus is a landmark in Tantra. The
asana's and the ascension of the energy Kundalini through all the seven centers of force
(chakras) contribute to the knowledge of the outer universe.
This is possible mainly because of the holographic nature of the universe. The practical
means through which we may access any part of the universe is the process of resonance.

The subtle (quantum) body instantaneously resonates with any aspect of the universe. This
resonance brings about the direct knowledge of the universe.

2. The quantum level of matter presents a state of unity of all possibilities. It is a

harmonious state within an indivisible whole, but this cannot be observed,
because we always see only one possibility.

The American Henry Stapp indicated that in quantum physics, unlike classical physics, the
whole and the part are intimately related.

A particle that is in a quantum over positioning

of states experiences a state of unity of all its
possibilities. This indicates that the quantum
level of reality is closely connected with what
Tantra names the state of ONE, non-duality.

Tantra considers this state of uniqueness as the

source of both the beginning and the end of the
universe, the highest state of consciousness.

The yogis name this state TURYA and describe

it as a state of consciousness in which the
object, the subject and the act of knowing are
no longer separated, but they are unified, in transcendence of the subjective and of the
objective.

3. Although at an empirical level, the exterior world appears as continuous and

the consciousness appears as discontinuous, the reality of the quantum level is
quite the opposite.

Where did the term quantum physics come from? During the early days of this theory, one
of its first discoveries was that the energy contained in one atom cannot take just any
value, but only certain so called "discreet" values.

In other words, we are not confronted with a smooth, continuous passing, but with a
passing in "heaps", on a scale of energetic values.

This process bears the name "quantification".

Although the outer world appears continuous to
us, in fact recent discoveries indicate that it is
quantified. There are minimal quanta of energy,
electrical charge, and even time and space.
On the other hand, from an empirical point of view, the consciousness appears to us as
divided and discontinuous, with moments of disruption, blanks, such as sleep with no
dreams, moments from which we come out with no memories.

On the other hand, the Tantric practitioners, entering the state of expansion of the
consciousness and non-duality (TURYA) have noticed that this state is continuous and
uninterrupted.

In other words, the outer world is discontinuous and the consciousness is continuous,
contrary to the appearances.